From ancient times to the present, due to the need for constant accounting and control of the movement of inventory items, one of the demanded specialties is the profession of a storekeeper. A storekeeper is a specialist who belongs to the category of technical executors. A person with a secondary specialized education is appointed to this position, it is desirable to have work experience, but if necessary, training is carried out in many industries. Any goods arriving at the warehouse, ranging from foodstuffs to concrete mixtures, are called inventory items for the storekeeper, for which he is directly responsible. In connection with the computerized accounting of inventories , one of the requirements for an employee applying for the position of storekeeper is knowledge and ability to work with the 1C Warehouse program (of course, not in all companies).
Who is appointed, to whom is subordinate
Since the storekeeper is a specialist reporting directly to the head or warehouse manager, he is appointed to the position by order of the head of the enterprise with the approval of the immediate boss. Employees, such as movers or drivers, may also be subordinate to the storekeeper.
Job responsibilities
The job description of the storekeeper is developed and approved at each enterprise, taking into account the specifics of the work. Job responsibilities - this is the area of activity for which the person assigned to it is responsible. For the storekeeper, this is:
- acceptance, sorting, accounting of movement and dispensing of inventory items ;
- compliance of the goods delivered to the warehouse specified in the accompanying documents;
- placement of goods in a warehouse , taking into account the maximum possible rational storage;
- management of the process of loading, unloading, moving the delivered goods;
- compilation of receipts and expenditures;
- inventory of inventory items;
- distribution of duties and control over their implementation by employees who are directly subordinate to the storekeeper.
Each position is regulated by regulatory documents. For this position, these are:
- the legislation of the Russian Federation;
- technical conditions and standards for storage of inventory items, organization of accounting;
- terms of reception, storage, vacation of goods and materials;
- types, brands, standards, storage conditions of goods and materials;
- qualitative characteristics and norms of expenditures of goods and materials;
- safety and fire safety regulations in the storage areas of goods and materials;
- organizational and administrative documents of the enterprise management.
Location and schedule
The place of work of the storekeeper is a warehouse at the enterprise, in production, in places of storage of goods (shops, warehouses, logistics companies). When hiring an employee for the position of “storekeeper” at the warehouse, the amount of payment and the work schedule are negotiated individually and depend on the specifics of the enterprise. Depending on the volume of the load, the storekeeper’s employment varies from half the rate to daily work. In some areas, the profession of a storekeeper may be traveling.
Responsibility
Since the storekeeper is a materially responsible person, he is responsible within the framework of the labor legislation of the Russian Federation. However, for deliberate unlawful acts performed in the performance of his official duties, he bears the responsibility established by the administrative and criminal codes of the Russian Federation. The storekeeper is also responsible for the actions of employees who are directly subordinate to him.